Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Garpin maailma by John Irving

14 reviews

benegesserwitch's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Cursing, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Self harm, Transphobia, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Dementia, and Alcohol

fabergegirl's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I have never read a book quite like this. Full of complex (and not so complex) characters, few I really enjoyed. For a novel published in 1978, some of the themes within are extremely relevant (sexuality, feminism, trans-visibility, gender roles and expectations).  The conclusion of the novel felt rushed, but intentional. I appreciate a good, full-circle moment. I would recommend for someone looking for some absurdist fiction and doesn’t mind a long-winded, dramatic journey. It was frustrating to read at times, but I see the vision now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Infidelity, Rape, and Murder

knenigans's review against another edition

4.0

I'm genuinely not sure if I actually liked this book or not.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Deadnaming, Infidelity, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape

marschwartz's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual violence, and Car accident

aaron444's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Infidelity, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Self harm, Sexual violence, Transphobia, and War

siriface's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Infidelity, and Violence

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

dark funny reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I did not like it 😬 Most of the time I was either bored or irritated, interspersed with short periods of false hope that the story might finally be getting interesting.

The writing was engaging, humorous and honestly very skillful, but it doesn’t make up for a story that just didn’t hold my interest at all. I would have DNF’ed after the first chapter if I hadn’t been so curious to know what people actually like about this book (I didn’t find out).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Infidelity, Rape, Sexism, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Deadnaming, Gun violence, Hate crime, Sexual content, Transphobia, Blood, Medical content, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Terminal illness, Lesbophobia, and War

claym's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Sexual assault

audra_spiven's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

lknano's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder